Dr. Shabbir’s Blog

November 25th, 2007

A DANGEROUS DICHOTOMY: Rights of Allah & Rights of Humans

Unfortunately, the misguided, Quran foraking Muslim clergy has deceived the masses into thinking that there are two kinds of duties mandatory upon every Muslim to accomplish:

1. Huqooqullah (God’s Rights) such as worshiping Him, praying five times (and if possible eight times including ‘Chaasht’, ‘Ishraaq’ and ‘Tahajjud’ prayers) a day, chanting ‘Wazeefas’ and ‘Kalemaat’, reciting some verses of the Quran without understanding and other countless rituals. Few Muslims (about 5%) go through these non-Quranic rites but most of them keep announcing them to display piety. The rest 95% have been programmed by the ignorant but highly influential clergy into living through life feeling guilty about not performing these rites.

2. Huqooqul ‘Ibaad (Human rights). The so-called Muslims are drenched in the non-Quranic rites, rituals and superstitions of all kind. They are busy ‘earning’ ‘Thawaab’ (the wishful thinking of attaining rewards for performing these rites and rituals).

No wonder, they fall dismally short in the Central Theme of the Quran, that of fulfilling of human rights. They fail to realize that one can expect rewards from God only by serving His creation. “The real existence on earth is of that who benefits humanity.” (13:17). Ignoring these kind of Messages, the ritual bound, Mullah-oriented Muslim is the biggest violator of human rights.

The term “Huqooqullah” (the rights of Allah) nowhere appears in the Quran. Only one Right of God is mentioned and that is helping the needy with one’s wealth. [Give God His Right = Render to the poor what is their Divinely ordained right whenever you reap a harvest or earn income. 6:141-142]

Empty rituals are certainly not ordained in the Quran. God does not need them and humans do not benefit from them at all.
Only the Quranic Salaat (establishment of the Divine System) can benefit humanity. (29:45)

14:8 And Moses said, “If you deny the truth and show ingratitude, you and all on earth together, know that God is absolutely Free of want, Worthy of all praise.”

The Quran relates plenty of history but we cannot find in the Book the story of a single nation that met grievous suffering, humiliation or annihilation for lack of worship or deficiency of rituals. Invariably, it has been violation of human rights.

Violation of human Rights by the Namaazis: Then, hardly any of the ritualistic Muslims would display exceptional character. And most certainly, they won’t even think of violating human rights during the process. The so-called Namaazi would easily leave a hungry, crying child, a sick wife, or an ailing elderly to fulfill the so-called “Huqooqullah”. Not infrequently, he would desert the family for months in the name of ‘Tableegh’ (preaching the ‘Islamic rituals’).

The manmade dichotomy of the so-called Huqooqullah and Huqooqul ‘Ibaad, is nowhere found in the Quran. The Book is replete with fulfilling human rights all through. This ‘Imamist’,
deceptive dichotomy is not without consequences.

A ‘practicing’ Muslim is thought to be one who dons a particular type of garment (of the ancient Arab culture), keeps rotating a rosary bead, grows a long beard, uses Miswaak (Arak twig) for cleaning the teeth, wears an orthodox cap or turban, pretends to pray five times a day to be seen of men or at least keeps announcing it. If it happens to be a female, a ‘practicing’ Muslimah, in addition, uses the Hijab (veil and niqaab) to conceal her head and face and may, for ultimate piety, don the burka as well. She also refrains from even touching the Quran during her periods. She must remain indoors and must be completely obedient to her husband. So much so that: If she refuses sex once, angels keep cursing her all night unless she gives in to her husband’s desire. The ‘Imams’ forged even a more outrageous Hadith, of course, in the name of the exalted Messenger: If prostration were allowed before other than God, I would have ordered the wife to prostrate before her husband. Another atrocious forgery: The day a woman gets married she becomes a concubine to her husband. “Let not your humor take away your fear from the wife. A wife should forever remain a concubine to her husband. Seek advice from women but always do against it. If a man leaves his women free to themselves, they will cross all limits. Stop her from going out of home to the best of your ability. Do not let her go to the door, on top of the house or peek from the window. Tribulations begin from the windows, ventilators, the roofs and doors.” (Kimiya-e-Sa’adat, based on Ahadith by ‘Imam’ Abu Hamid Ghazali, Pg 263)

All this happens while these ‘practicing Muslims’ keep violating all human rights. Is there any need to look further why the Ummah is creeping in misery all over the globe?

A life-long student, Shabbir